Synonyms | Related Words | Antonymsoff year : a year in which productivity is low or inferioryear : a period of time containing 365 (or 366) days; "she is 4 years old"; "in the year 1920"year : a period of time occupying a regular part of a calendar year that is used for some particular activity; "a school year"year dot : as long ago as anyone can remember; "he has been a conductor since the year dot"one-year : completing its life cycle within a year; "a border of annual flowering plants"two-year : having a life cycle lasting two seasons; "a biennial life cycle"; "parsnips and carrots are biennial plants often grown as annuals"year-end : taking place at the close of a fiscal year; "year-end audit"first-year : used of a person in the first year of an experience (especially in United States high school or college); "a freshman senator"; "freshman year in high school or college"third-year : used of the third or next to final year in United States high school or college; "the junior class"; "a third-year student"